Yoshio Shinozuka was a little worried about this. He hesitated and said: "Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, Tokyo's instructions are to adopt a gentle policy towards Chongqing. In addition, they seem to be negotiating, and it is said that they are likely to reach an understanding.
If we attack them at this time, will we..."
Although Yoshio Shinozuka didn't say anything further, Neji Okamura knew what he meant.
Yoshio Shinozuka was worried that doing so would break the empire's policy of inducing surrender towards Chongqing during this period and make Tokyo dissatisfied.
Okamura Neji was silent for a while.
Shinozuka Yoshio's worries were not unreasonable. In order to end the war against China as soon as possible, the empire had been treating the Eighth Route Army and Chongqing differently during this period.
To deal with such a staunch enemy as the Eighth Route Army, the empire adopted a tough policy: raids and blockades again and again, and also implemented a cruel three-guang policy against the people who supported the Eighth Route Army.
As for the enemies in Chongqing, the empire adopted a relatively mild attitude, and the same was true for the people in its defense zone.
The purpose of this is very simple, just to pull one faction to fight another. This can not only create conflicts within China and destroy its unity, but also "drain fuel from the bottom of the cauldron" of the Eighth Route Army to make it weaker and weaker.
For example, under the empire's differential treatment, people would naturally run to areas controlled by Chongqing for their own safety. Over time, the Eighth Route Army lost its source of troops.
This approach is extremely vicious, and it is very likely to succeed as long as it is normal.
Because human instinct is to "seek good fortune and avoid evil". If the area controlled by Chongqing is safer, why not go there?
But in practice it didn't have much effect.
The reason is that Chongqing is a teammate. They don't regard the people as human beings. All kinds of exorbitant taxes, recruiting men, plundering, etc. are common things. They carry out assassinations and secret arrests of dissidents. The spies all over the world are worth mentioning.
Bidongchang, Xichang.
This made it impossible for the common people to survive in the area defended by the stubborn army. Compared with the two, the conditions of the soldiers and civilians on the Eighth Route Army side were better.
Therefore, the Japanese tactics failed for the common people.
If there is any victory worthy of praise, it is that under this tolerant policy, the Wang Puppet Government was successfully induced to surrender. There were also many Chongqing generals who had secret contacts with the Japanese, including Yan Laoxi.
Therefore, the Japanese feel that this policy of differential treatment is right and should be maintained.
If Okamura Neji chooses to attack the Jinsui Army at this time, will this "good situation" be broken?
Will it disrupt Tokyo's strategic plan?
Or will it affect the upcoming understanding?
After thinking about it for a while, Okamura Neiji did not answer and asked instead: "Shinozuka-kun, our task force sneaked into the Jinsui Army defense area and even blew up two of its gun towers and killed dozens of them. What happened?
Is there any objection from the Jinsui Army?"
Yoshio Shinozuka stood up and replied: "Not yet, Lieutenant General Your Excellency!"
"So!" Okamura Neiji said: "I think if we pass through the Shanxi-Sui Army Defense Area, we may not encounter too strong resistance. Do you understand?"
"Yes!" Yoshio Shinozuka replied, thought for a moment, and then said, "But Tokyo..."
"What they want is victory!" Okamura Neiji interrupted Shinozuka Yoshio: "Their kindness to Chongqing is just a means, a strategy, nothing more. If we win, they will not
What are you talking about? In addition, as long as the understanding is not truly reached, it is natural for us to attack the enemy! Do you understand?"
"Yes!" Shinozuka Yoshio understood that Okamura Neji was not the kind of person to stick to orders.
What Yoshio Shinozuka doesn't know is...
Okamura Neji actually had another plan in mind.
He knew the contents of the understanding, which recognized almost all areas occupied by the empire.
Once signed, there will be an armistice.
Then, Tokyo definitely hopes to occupy more Chinese land and gain greater advantages before signing, that is, before the armistice.
However, it is not convenient for them to issue the order to go to war after accepting mediation.
Therefore, if Okamura Neiji launched an attack on Chongqing at this time, not only would he not be held accountable by Tokyo, but it would actually be exactly what Tokyo wanted.
As for the defense area of the Jinsui Army...
If they thought they were borrowing money, they would be deceived, and they would never pay it back.
As the saying goes, "A war never tires of deceit." Of course, once the land is at the feet of the empire, there is no reason to spit it out again.
At this time, Wang Xuexin did not know that Okamura Neiji was about to make a move, nor did he know the danger on the flanks. He was still busy building rocket launchers.
The rocket launcher prototype was quickly produced. At this time, steel pipes, gun mounts, etc. were not difficult for the Eighth Route Army. The Eighth Route Army had successfully imitated more complex "ghost cannons", so these things were naturally a piece of cake.
There was a small problem with the rocket: when processing the six nozzle holes at the tail, there was always a slight difference in angle, so the rotation of the rocket was not symmetrical, which affected the range and accuracy.
In the end, Hardware came up with a solution. He stuck the drilling machine at an angle and punched holes at the same angle every time, so the error was much smaller.
The first rocket was successfully tested on the tenth day.
The rocket launcher with twelve launch tubes contains only one rocket. After adjusting the height and direction, with Zhang Wanhe's order, the hardware is powered on and ignited.
There is a delay process after the rocket is ignited, and its tail will emit smoke first, just like launching a large moon landing rocket.
Then the smoke became thicker and thicker, then flames spurted out, and soon it was shot out with a "whoosh" sound.
Because the delay time of each rocket is different, although a multiple rocket launcher is ignited at the same time, this one and that one are fired randomly one after another.
In a certain movie depicting the war to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea, rockets hit the target in batches at the same time... This is almost impossible in actual combat.
At this time, there is only one test shot, so there is no order.
The rockets flew up into the sky with a unique dust whistle and trailed a long trail. Zhang Wanhe, who was tracking the rockets with a telescope, was frightened on the spot.
"It's broken!" Zhang Wanhe's face suddenly turned pale: "The rocket went far, at least six kilometers!"
This was originally a happy event. The two shots fired at wrong nozzle angles only flew two or three kilometers.
Everyone thought it was great that this one could fly four kilometers, so they aimed at an open space four kilometers away, and there was a high ground blocking it on the other side.
Unexpectedly, the rocket fired directly over the high ground and hit the other side with a "whoosh" sound, followed by a muffled "boom" sound.
"What's that place over there on the high ground?" Zhang Wanhe asked nervously.
The medicine jar looked in that direction and replied blankly: "It's Wujiaba, my village!"
"What are you doing standing there stupidly?" Zhang Wanhe stamped his feet anxiously: "Hurry up and chase!"
"Hey!" everyone responded. Those on horseback and those in mule carts hurried all the way towards Wujiaba.